CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business (CNN) — Apple on Wednesday announced a series of new accessibility tools for the iPhone and iPad, including a feature that promises to replicate a user’s voice for phone calls after only 15 minutes of training. With an upcoming tool called Personal Voice, users will be able to
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — For six years, loved ones – with the public’s help – searched for Kayla Unbehaun after she allegedly was abducted by her non-custodial mother in Illinois. Now 15 years old, she has been found safe – over 600 miles away in North Carolina – and is now reunited with
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer NASCAR’s 75th anniversary brought together many of its 75 greatest drivers to be honored at Darlington Raceway this past weekend. NASCAR added 25 additional drivers to list recently. It updated the 50 greatest list put together for the 50th anniversary celebration in 1998. There were 33 of the all-time
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Tuesday strongly condemned the “reported arrest” of a Russian former employee of the US Mission in Russia. The charges against Robert Shonov – “confidential cooperation” with a foreign government, according to Russian state media outlet TASS – “are wholly without merit,” State Department spokesperson
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A 12-year-old boy is accused of shooting and killing an employee at a Sonic Drive-In restaurant in Texas after an argument in the parking lot, authorities said. Matthew Davis, 32, was working at the Sonic Drive-In on Saturday night and confronted Angel Gomez, 20, because he was “being disorderly
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Members of a Tennessee church are hoping and praying that whoever stole a truck loaded with 2,000 organ pipes will repent. News outlets report Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis had loaded the Penske truck with nearly 2,000 historic organ pipes for transport to Spencer Organ Company in Boston, where they were
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democrat running for Mississippi governor says he will push legislators to enact an ethics package that includes limits on campaign donations, frequent disclosure about lobbyists’ spending and a ban on former state officials quickly becoming lobbyists. Brandon Presley is trying to unseat Republican Gov.
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has reissued approval to build a controversial natural gas pipeline through national forest land in Virginia and West Virginia. That’s despite past federal appeals court rulings determining developers had “inadequately considered” environmental impacts. Monday’s decision will allow for construction of the $6.6
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler was the last Miami player on the practice floor Tuesday, getting shot after shot after shot into the air. Everyone else was long gone, getting ready for the flight to Boston for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. It’s a series that starts
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who this month announced she would resign effective June 1, says she is leaving office immediately, ending a turbulent tenure marked by frequent criticism, especially from Missouri’s Republican leaders. The sudden announcement Tuesday created confusion about who is running
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Nicky Robertson and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The Senate voted Tuesday to pass a GOP-led resolution to block a DC policing bill aimed at accountability and reform – a resolution the White House has threatened to veto. The Republican-controlled House passed the resolution in April, but it is not expected to
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The US Postal Service is honoring Chief Standing Bear, the celebrated Ponca leader who successfully argued for Native Americans to be recognized as people in the eyes of the law, on a Forever stamp. The stamp, which features a portrait of Chief Standing Bear by illustrator Thomas Blackshear II,
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer The Boston Celtics and Miami Heat are meeting in the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight year and third time in the last four. The Celtics edged the top-seeded Heat in Game 7 last year to reach the NBA Finals. This time, the Heat are just the second
Continue ReadingBy Arielle Brumfield Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — A large rental car company has apologized to a Puerto Rican man after denying him a car he paid for at the New Orleans International Airport. Humberto Marchand traveled to the city and paid for a rental car through Hertz
Continue ReadingBy Alexandria Williams Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Helmet camera video shows an up-close look at the terrifying moments a truck driver and his son hung over an Interstate 44 bridge over the weekend in Oklahoma City. Part of Interstate 44 was closed for hours Sunday after a
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, MORGAN LEE and RIO YAMAT Associated Press FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The gunman who killed three people and wounded six others as he fired randomly while roaming his northwestern New Mexico neighborhood was a local high school student and his victims include a 97-year-old woman and her daughter, police said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Munashe Kwangwari Click here for updates on this story RADCLIFF, Kentucky (WLKY) — Levi Roberts is a Korean War veteran living in Radcliff, Kentucky, and on Monday, he turned 100 years old. It’s a feat not many reach or even get close to, but he’s not surprised. “He said he has 20 more years
Continue ReadingBy Janice Limon Click here for updates on this story CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — More than 100 chickens were rescued, dozens of people were arrested and moonshine was seized in a South Carolina cockfighting bust over the weekend, officials said. Deputies with the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office said they received a tip on
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Retired figure skater Sarah Hughes has filed to run for Congress in New York. The Olympic gold medal winner is joining several other Democrats seeking to unseat Long Island Republican Anthony D’Esposito. Her spokesperson says the 38-year-old Hughes will make a formal campaign announcement of her
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Retired figure skater Sarah Hughes has filed to run for Congress in New York. The Olympic gold medal winner is joining several other Democrats seeking to unseat Long Island Republican Anthony Esposito. Her spokesperson says the 38-year-old Hughes will make a formal campaign announcement of her
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